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Discrimination

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The Faculty Lounge February 28, 2011
DOMA, ENDA, and Sexual Orientation as an Immutable Characteristic
Last week the Obama administration announced that it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage for federal law purposes as a…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 23, 2011
Congressman Calls for Official Apology for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
By immigrationprof
On Sunday, a day after the 69th anniversary of the executive order incarcerating Japanese-Americans, U.S. Congressman Mike Honda called on Americans to end the blaming of immigrants and called for an…
World of Employment February 22, 2011
Oregon: 2011 Legislative Session Preview
By Marc Alifanz
Oregon’s 76th Legislative Assembly convened on February 1, 2011. The Legislature has wasted no time introducing a multitude of new labor and employment bills, some with potentially far reaching effects. Below is…
Labor Law Prof Blog February 12, 2011
Sperino on Rethinking Discrimination Law
By Workplace Prof
Sandra Sperino (Temple) has just posted on SSRN her article, "Rethinking Discrimination Law." In the article, she argues for a simpler analysis of discrimination cases that aren't as limited by…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog February 10, 2011
Motions to Dismiss in Discrimination Cases Have a Pulse
By Daniel Schwartz
For many years, motions to dismiss in discrimination cases were becoming a rarity, mainly because courts were loath to grant them. But the U.S. Supreme Court in the last few…
The Right Coast February 7, 2011
Discrimination Against ConservativesMike Rappaport
By Thomas A. Smith
Makes it to the New York Times (but only in John Tierney's column): Anywhere in the world that social psychologists see women or minorities underrepresented by a factor of two…
Fair Housing Defense February 2, 2011
Here We Go Again: DOJ Files Another FHA Complaint Against a Mississippi Newspaper and Two Individuals for Discrimination Against Families with Children
By Fox Rothschild LLP
How many times are we going to see this? In December 2010, the DOJ filed another complaint, this time against a Gulfport, Mississippi newspaper and two individuals for violating the Fair Housing…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog February 2, 2011
Settling Discrimination Lawsuits is an Emotional Process
By Thomas J. Crane
A colleague in Oregon agrees with my post that settling discrimination cases requires a client (employer and employee) to deal in reality. Joel Christiansen, who writes a nice blog on…
Employment Law Watch January 28, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Title VII Permits Third-Party Retaliation Claims
By Samantha M. Clancy, Kimberly A. Craver
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously held that an employee may bring Title VII retaliation claims where he or she is subject to an adverse employment action, because someone…
Alabama Employment Law Report January 27, 2011
US Supreme Court Issues Opinion Affirming Claim for Retaliation Under Title VII
By Daniel Burnick
On Monday, January 24, The US Supreme Court issued an 8-0 opinion in the case of Thompson v. North American Stainless LP, (NAS) finding that the terminated fiancee of a co-worker could bring a…